cros Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 The Opperman Stirling was a development of the Unicar from the company that produced the one wheel drive Motorcart.. Not a bad effort, it featured independent suspension and was said to have bothered BMC who were about to launch the Mini. At first it used a rear mounted 2 stroke but got a lot more promising when the company opted for the excellent Steyr flat twin, later fitted to Invacars. Unfortunately it did what it said on the numberplate after only a couple were built. Sudsprint, Skizzer, John F and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I was pleased that Citroen weren't first in the field with that one seater van conversion featured earlier. Here is the 1952 Bond Mini truck which they shamelessly copied.Of course, the French company were unable to emulate the Bond's sophisticated wire cable steering and superb 197cc Villiers economy. The ignorant might mistake that floor mounted lever for the gears, but it is, of course, for starting the engine. The Minicar family had no reverse gear, though it had a dodgem-like turning circle due to the engine being attached to, and pivoting with, the front wheel. To enable one to reverse an optional extra was offered in the form of a ratchet spanner- you could easily reach out and fit it to a nut in the centre of the rear hub. Once in place a couple of pulls would usually suffice to get the little shitheap up to the curb. Asimo, Datsuncog, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Someone's got a Tesla S estate and it doesn't look half bad; conversion made by a company called Qwest Norfolk apparently.  According to this Romanian bit of news, it's for the dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 ΔΔΔ I'd rather have a Bond Mini truck. John F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Apparently (according to the owner), this beastie badged as a Verté Tempest is an Australian Ford (ford logo on the dash confirmed this) powered by an LPG only straight 6; 20180129_142008 by RS, on Flickr 20180129_142019 by RS, on FlickrWowzers! That’s fantastic! *goes off to do further research* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Good gravy, that's quite the spot.   Didn't think there'd be much call for an AU series Ford Falcon ute on these fair shores... even rebadged and running on LPG. Interesting that DVLA claim a 2005 manufacture as well as first UK registration date - this is the 1998-2000 pre-facelift version of the AU, with the all-new BA Falcon arriving in 2002, so they would have been well out of date by the time Verté started importing them in '02. There's bound to be a story in there somewhere... Falcon AU ute details.png 2000_Ford_Falcon_(AU)_XL_utility_(25769377680).jpg  Still, quite a spot! And a tenuous AC link to Zelandeth's fleet, too...  What a Utey! Would. Also, I guess this has the infamous Barra motor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matara Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Just read this about a Porsche budget car developed for a competition by the Chinese government for a cheap car for the Chinese market:-Â Â https://www.carthrottle.com/post/nrjzvgd/ RayMK, egg and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 According to this Romanian bit of news, it's for the dogs.Yes.Here’s the fully charged episode. https://youtu.be/Ydb9TW3Bmh8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Just read this about a Porsche budget car developed for a competition by the Chinese government for a cheap car for the Chinese market:-Â Â https://www.carthrottle.com/post/nrjzvgd/Â Looks a bit too much like the Daewoo Lanos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Budget car? Looks like typical bougoise over-indulgence to me, just look at all those unnecessary wheels for a start. What would Porche know about building a budget car, whereas Sharps Commercials.. Just attach with 4 bolts to anything you fancy, (piano, granny's armchair) and off you go. Asimo, Eddie Honda, vulgalour and 2 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Torana Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Reminds me of the "Smith Flyer", by Briggs & Stratton.IIRC, instead of a clutch, you lowered the driven wheel with a lever until it just touched the ground, and controlled the amount of slip to get the thing moving. Intriguing idea. Sudsprint and cros 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Another of theirs, the XEF. It's like someone has cut bits of pictures of other cars out a magazine and glued them together.Another pictures; in this one they've kept the 80's Merc rear lights, BMW 2002 rear quarter lights & c-pillars, and Fiat doors, but changed the Merc front end for something between an Ital and a Disco 1. I thought this was all potatoshop. I was wrong http://www.classiccars121.be/index.php/1984-gurgel-xef/  1982-86 Gurgel XEF Yoss, Lacquer Peel, Sudsprint and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I thought this was all potatoshop. I was wrong http://www.classiccars121.be/index.php/1984-gurgel-xef/ I'm guessing the designer of this horror wasn't too hot on the idea of getting the proportions right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 "The Beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan"Â Barbi's joined the VCC. Absolute dogsmuck. Lacquer Peel and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Just caught up on the Tesla estate. So much wanting. SierraMikeHotel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Just caught up on the Tesla estate. So much wanting. Actually looks better than the hatchback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Want to like that Gurgel twice......... so bad it's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Anyone else heard of the Talbot Wind? aerodynamically_challenged, Yoss, flat4alfa and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Heard about the Talbot Wind today and was going to post it in here. You can blame serial Simca fettler Scmick over on the blue forum for the knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Anyone else heard of the Talbot Wind? talbot_1100_vf2_wind_concept_by_heuliez_1.jpggood try, but cant beat the 504 'Loisirs' egg, Yoss and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 How the hell did people get in to the back seat in that 504? The bulkhead looks to still be in place, what a bizarre thing cros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 similar simca LCV base to the Rancho ... Heuliez are a coachbuilder in that there French France ... They were a coachbuilder. Not any more. Although there is another firm of that name which builds buses. Not sure if related to the defunct one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Anyone else heard of the Talbot Wind?talbot_1100_vf2_wind_concept_by_heuliez_1.jpg There are some fantastic* staged photos of this with some awkwardly-posed models. Well worth a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018  Yes, this was a regular production model available to the public. But only 250 were sold.It was followed up with a two rotor model and the engine later became available in the Samara s well. fiatdaft, pshome, andrew e and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Not really belonging here, sue me etc., but when they had their outboard division Perkins built an experimental diesel Wankel, something that was not at all easy to pull off. Well someone had to say it. Lacquer Peel, warren t claim, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018  Yes, this was a regular production model available to the public. But only 250 were sold.It was followed up with a two rotor model and the engine later became available in the Samara s well. I'm pretty sure Sam Glover owns one of them there Wankel Ladas. Goodness knows where he found it. egg and NorfolkNWeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I'm pretty sure Sam Glover owns one of them there Wankel Ladas. Goodness knows where he found it. Those must have been an entertaining drive; freakish performance from a car meant for the proletariat. I read somewhere that the Soviet police used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Initially only the police used them. They became available to the public later.A Lada never was a car for the proletariat. You had to be very privileged to get one. Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 ...A Lada never was a car for the proletariat. You had to be very privileged to get one. Nomenklatura, then. chaseracer, Nicola H and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 What else are they to do when some plonker takes them to a damp Welsh beach for surfing...Presumably they're listening to their Talbot rust vigorously in the salt sea air... John F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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